It’s time to test your knowledge of obscure cinema trivia one more time by answering the following ten multiple choice questions.Score one point for each correct response. The answers will be posted at the bottom.
For those who deem it necessary to validate your self-worth, feel free to base it on the following scale:
Reel Quiz Ratings Scale
9-10 Correct (Ph.D. in Film)
The Force is strong in you, Jedi Knight. Just do yourself a favor and stop looking for your real father. Only disappointment awaits you.
7-8 Correct (M.A. in Film)
You are close to being a Jedi, but much anger I sense in you. Next time, let the wookie win.
5-6 Correct (B.A. in Film)
You are quite a Star Wars lover, but you don’t know the difference between a moon and a space station.
3-4 Correct (A.A. in Film)
You really should try to watch the trilogy again. I mean the original.
1-2 Correct (Film School Dropout)
Go back to Mos Eisley spaceport. You belong in that wretched hive of scum and villainy.
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1) Vader is Dutch for what word?
A) Evil
B) Father
C) Darkness
D) Black
2) How many total Oscars has the original Star Wars trilogy taken home?
A) 4
B) 6
C) 8
D) 10
3) Denis Lawson, who played Wedge Antilles in Star Wars, is the uncle of which thespian in The Phantom Menace?
A) Samuel Jackson
B) Natalie Portman
C) Liam Neeson
D) Ewan MacGregor
4) What famous director was originally offered the chance to direct Return of the Jedi?
A) David Lynch
B) Francis Ford Coppola
C) Robert Altman
D) Stanley Kubrick
5) Star Wars is the only movie of the original Star Wars Trilogy to be in the American Film Institute's List of Top 100 American Films. What number is it?
A) 10
B) 15
C) 25
D) 35
6) While filming Return of the Jedi, George Lucas tried to keep the set in Yuma, Arizona secret by pretending his crew was filming for a horror film by what name?
A) The Sand Monster
B) The Desert Breathes
C) It Came From the Stars
D) Blue Harvest
7) Who starred in Cheers after playing the role of Major Derlin in The Empire Strikes Back?
A) Ted Danson
B) George Wendt
C) John Ratzenberger
D) Kelsey Grammar
8) Before Star Wars was released, George Lucas worked on many scripts. In one of them, Luke Skywalker had a slightly different name -- what was it?
A) Luke Sunspot
B) Luke Starkiller
C) Luke Goodman
D) Luke Duke
9) In order to reshoot scenes for the Special Edition of Star Wars, George Lucas and crew returned to Yuma, AZ in 1995 and filmed on the hottest day on record in the U.S. at that time. How hot was it?
A) 126 degrees
B) 130 degrees
C) 132 degrees
D) 138 degrees
10) Titanic made over $600 million domestically on a budget that cost about $200 million. How much of a budget did George Lucas use for The Phantom Menace, which was released less than two years later?
A) $115 million
B) $150 million
C) $180 million
D) $225 million
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Answers:
(1) B. Father. Dude, it was soooo obvious.
(2) C; 8. Star Wars won six and Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi each won one.
(3) D. Ewan MacGregor.
(4) A; David Lynch. No joke. George Lucas was a big fan of Eraserhead.
(5) B; 15. The Empire Strikes Back was better, though.
(6) D; Blue Harvest.
(7) C; John Ratzenberger aka Cliff Clavin. He also had bit roles in Superman and Superman II, incidentally.
(8) B; Luke Starkiller (as in Death Star killer). What a silly over-the-top and obvious name! Thank goodness he went with Skywalker, which doesn’t imply greatness at all.
(9) C; 132 degrees, or as we now call it in Phoenix: a mid-afternoon cold front.
(10) A; $115 million. That’s a downright bargain... unless you take into consideration the quality of the final product.
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